Autographic register



NOV. 30, 1937. -W, E @LNE-R l 2,00,912

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Patented Nov. 30, 1937 UNITED 'reTES PATENT QFFICB This invention relates to autographic, registers, and the object is to provide a particularly simple and yet efficient mechanismof Athis nature foi-"dispensing sections'from so-called packs comprising a number of webs* folded bacleand` forth in zigzag formirwherein eifectivezregist-ration ofthe superposed sections of the` web about to beinscribed is effected; I My inventioniwill be Well-understood -by reference to the following description taken in cony nection with the accompanying*drawingsof illustrative embodiments thereof, wherein; v-V 11; Fig. `1 is a plan view of'. aisecalled hand-pull register with-parts broken away; "u l5 Fig. 2 isa central longitudinal,fisectionlfwith partssho'wn Vinldottedr lines in a displaced position; I: t e y Y `'Figs. "3, 4` and Saresimiiar sections :showing successive positions of the webs; g() Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of a register with mechan`ica1feed; and Figs. 7 'and 8 are enlarged detail sections.' The'cross-sectional views, Figs. 2 to 6, inclusive, are partly diagrammatic 'in'their showing of the paper webs, as will be hereinafter more fully explained. v :"1" I believe vthat'my invention will be most-readily understoodif I rst describe didactically the particular mechanical construction: ofy thefembodiment thereof shown'in Figs'. 1to 5 of the drawings; and thereafterz'by; tracing the operation thereofin use the principles exempliedzthereby Will become apparent.` l. 4f g Referring particularly to'Figs; 1 vand 21 of the drawings, the register comprises a body 8 of boxlike form with an-op'en top. Herein a partition l0" withinathe bo'dy opposing anwend wallv-l2 thereof denes a containerwhich-loosely receives the pack'P from which the webs arefdispensed. 40 Forsimplicity the pack 'is herein shown-to consist of the two webs A and B foldedvgbackand #forth in'zigzag form conveniently 'along :lines of perforations which divide' the webs into sections which' are .usually printed-forms, Eeach fbeingr a sales slip,ra receipt or some other formof 'tcket Obviously more than two Webs-may be used as is customary in the art. :Toshow vthe webs in the cross-sectional views,L YFigs-2` through 6, by crosshatched Aarea with the necessary exaggeration of the thickness would,'I--believe; lead to confusion 'and I have therefore indicated them as single lines in these' figures and have "shown them somewhat spaced from each other instead-of -in contact. V'Ihese gures are therefore to beunderstood as diagrammatic to this extentand also endf ci1 the .table for clearnessV I have omitted therefrom the carbon `paper C, presently to be referred to.V

ffl-I inged tol pins M at the right-,hand end .ofthe body isa` Vcover-like member,A bestseenfin'Fig. V2 in dotted lines, having 'angesflBlyvhichtbver the-sides of ythe.bodyandeconnecting webs* 'I8 and; 2er, the former providing when' .,th`e "cover is in the closed-down..positionshowni fullfilin'esy ming., 2 @meenemen manners. o Abeginscribed are:disposedgfonwritingppon ilethef 10 part :2G may serveas afhand rest. The webs pass ovenethe tablebeneathvlfthe `over'h'azlriginglgguides 3 Y Y 2at;y either end. theeofand may.- be co linedVV laterally by the horizontal sflangesffz; o i; la-r members pivoted vat V2&5 to.the.left-hand,ends of the ,anhges Yl G .ajgid adapted, to be lheld folded inl; substantial .alig'nrnentr therewith by, catches 23 cmg, non thesiies erthebgdye described lmay, be; upwardly aboye the i4 to permitthe,pack.to be ,inserted in :its/

As seen in Figln-a. compartment'. l:29 may be formed at one side of the body to receive aroll of carbon paper -C, aportion ofwwhich isy drawn out over the-table.andginterposedLbetwen the portions; of@ the webs `which liev 5*thereen#in .well 30 kno'wnfmanner.. 'wg' f Adjacent the fee' 'ng-,1n end of. thetable 118 -in the closedfposition of the parts I have provided a curvilinear guide 30,ofYsubstantial,radiusabout which. the paper webs ,are r`drawn Vas't4 the Y from`Y thekv pack to. the .writing A, positie guide hereintakes-the forrnofragroll journalled in Athee:left-.handtends lof the flangesit 'The istatementfthatithe .guideor rolll) is"of subs `ann*- tial radius will later be more clearly ,unclerstood 40 .from ,the V4explanationsofthe, operationofs the register. For; thepresent 1I, may-.say b way of V example thatin thecase of'aV hand-,pull

- for Vdispensing tickets about ,5% inches longand "411/2incheswider1'.haveha'd good results Aa 45 l#rollA 1A of an inch in diameter..The roll hvin 'fthe closed position .1 of. the parts yhas .substantial t clearance ifrom, the adjacent..v end wall. ,1 2 ofv 'the sregister so that an unobstructed space is provided fat the Vleft of the roll for purposes which will 50 away. Thus the arc of contact of the paper with the roll 30 is substantially a semi-circle in the example shown.

To permit the sections of the tickets which are overlying the table and have just been inscribed, such as the sections I in Fig. 2, to be grasped by the fingers to be withdrawn, bringing the succeeding sections II into position for inscription, the right-hand end of the table malT be depressed at 34 and the end of the tickets are here supported, or even guided somewhat upwardly, by means of the spaced guides 36,

, perhaps best seen in Fig. 1, defining a space between them in which the edge of the tickets are exposed to be grasped between the thumb and nger, while the edge of the support 20 may be cut away at 38 to facilitate grasping of the ticket ends. l

At one side of the path of the webs at vthe feeding-out end of the table I8 a short blade 40 projects upwardly thereon. When a set of tickets which have just been inscribed have been drawn out from over the table to permit a fresh set of tickets to be disposed thereon in writing position, they will have been carried in an upwardly trending direction passing above this blade until the line of perforation or fold between the tickets just inscribed in the new set is in alignment with the blade. The extending portions of the webs may be moved downwardly to cause the blade to break or cut the end of the line of perforation facilitating the tearing off of the inscribed tickets along this line. The action will be well understood by reference to Fig. 1 in which the tear hasbeen shown as begun by the blade 40 and propagated for a short distance along the line of perforations.

Assuming a set of tickets to have been torn oif in this manner, it will be seen that the tickets I in Fig 2 are disposed with the fold line f which connects them with the next set of tickets II l0- cated at the guide 3l). The radius of this guide or roll is suiciently large so that it will not catch in the manner of a sharp edge in the angie of the fold. The actual size may vary, particularly as the angle of contact of the webs may be varied, but is such that the natural resilience of the end portions of the webs, which, if tightly tensioned, would be drawn down against the arc, as in Fig. 7, will eifectively under the conditions of tension present in a register spring out substantially to the position of the tangents, as shown in Fig. 8 and at the left of Fig. 1, the paper breaking freely atthe hinge line formed by the line of fold initially given in the pack.

Assuming the parts to bein the position of Fig. 2, if I grasp the ends of the set of tickets I and draw them toward the right in that figure, a substantial resistance will first be encountered as the upwardly and leftwardly flaring and resiliently acting end portion of the tickets II is drawn down into contact with the curved surface of the roll. This corresponds to a movement' from the position of Fig. 8 to the position of Fig. '7, in which latter figure the arrow is intended to indicate that the webs are under draft. The resistance will be felt until the fold line passes to and beyond the position of Figs. 7 and 3 and the adjacent ends of the tickets I and II are disposed in a common plane. The tickets may then be easily drawn forward until the succeeding fold line f passes over the arc of contact of roll 30. An increased resistance will then be noted because the tickets II and III have folded along their line of connection and the forward edge ing a visual signal as well. The tickets II are Y drawn slightly beyond the position of Fig. 3, that is, to the position of Fig. '7 in which the upwardly and leftwardly flaring end portions of the left-hand ends of tickets III are brought in contact with the arc of the roll under corresponding tension. The said tickets I may then be torn oiI by striking the fold line against the blade 40 in the manner already described. This releases the tension on the tickets II, which are drawn back to the position of Figs. 4 and 8 by the spring of the ends of` tickets III and are realigned by the nesting of the fold lines in the original accurate register in which they were brought in the manufacture of the pack.

In a previous portion of the specification I have pointed out that the roll 3U had substantial clearance from the end wall I2 of the register, being unobstructed at the left-hand side, viewing Figs. 2 and 3. This, it will now'be understood, is to permit the end portions to function in the manner described, springing to the tangential positions shown in Figs. 2, 4 and 8. The wall I2, however, may be so positioned that the resilient reaction of the end portion of the set of tickets just below the table serves, when the tension on the set of tickets above the table is released, to throw the fold line over against the inner side of wall i2 which serves in the manner of an alignment gage.

It will be understood that in the initial manufacture of a pack of. the kind shown the various sets.of tickets are in accurate register. In dispensing the same. whether by hand or by mechanical means, disalignment within a single tickets length is usually negligible but may be cumulative. By the present invention the set of tickets which is drawnV over the table ready for inscription is permitted, as it were, to jog itself up into accurate register with respect to the fold line at their following ends, and this is effected each time a ticket is dispensed, doing away with cumulative error. The action may be demonstrated in practice in a hand-pull register of the type illustrated in Figs. l to 5 by pulling off without opportunity for readjustinent and without tearing off successive sets of tickets a number of tickets in succession. The cumulative error will usually then be such as to be beyondthe readjustment possibilities provided by the construction shown.

I have described the action of the webs at the roll 38. This action is preferably reinforced at the guide roll 32. As seen in Fig. 3, for example. not only are the leading ends of tickets II acting as a spring at roll 3i), but also the leading ends of tickets III are similarly disposed in a tangential position serving as a spring tending to draw rearwardly on the tickets II extending between the two rolls. I have previously stated that the rolls 30 and 32 were substantially a tickets length apart. More accurately the arrangement is such as to dispose a resiliently acting length of paper at the extremities of a tickets length at oppoite sides of the guides beyond thecommon.

substantially as shown and a quarter of an inch in diameter the horizontal distance between the center lines may advantageously be about ge of an inch less than a tickets length.

With the parts in the position of Fig. 2, the tickets III have also raised the left-hand ends of the tickets IV providing an additional retarding spring which manifests itself in the resistance of the tickets to draft. This springiness is effective as the tickets pass through the position of Fig. 3, but substantially disappears as the tickets IV assume the rolled-up position of Fig. 4. The resistance to draft in moving to or from the position of Fig. 2 is therefore somewhat greater than that in moving to or from the position of Fig. 4, depending on whether the tickets are being dispensed from one end of the zigzag folded pack or the other. The provision of springing resistances both at the guide 30 and at the cooperating guide 32, however, provides an adequate readjusting force and a su'icient signal to the operator at all times. Also in passing from the position of Fig. 4 to the position of Fig. 2 the web IV passes from the looped-up position of Fig. 4 through the position of Fig. 5. As the loop shown in Fig. 4 disappears, rolling up and drawing out the tickets IV to the fold line at the right-hand of the pack, the last portion thereof will spring outwardly to the position shown in Fig. l until the force is balanced by the lifting and tensioning of the ends of tickets VI as shown at the left in Fig. 5. In the operation of the register this movement of the ends of the tickets from the position of Fig. 4 to the position of Fig. 5 is very noticeable to the person operating the register and is even audible and serves as an additional signal to proceed carefully since the fold line between III and IV is approaching the guide 30 and the increased tension due to the wrapping of the leading ends of tickets IV about that guide, which is the signal that the dispensing operation has been completed, will soon be felt.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a register operating on the same principles and having a mechanical feed.

. The position of the web in Fig. 6 corresponds to a position slightly subsequent to that of Fig. 3, but in this instance represents the position of rest of the tickets for inscription, this being due to the mechanical feed arrangement. The construction of the register may be generally similar to that of the hand-pull register, and in Fig. 6 I have used three-digit numbers of which the last two digits are the same as those of the corresponding parts in Figs. l to 5. Thus the register may have a body |08 in which the pack P is received and from which it is dispensed over rollers |34 and |30 of substantial radius to a table ||8. To feed the webs I provide a roll |42 adapted to be turned by a hand crank |44. A releasable stop |46, not illustrated in detail but of a type well known in the art, permits the crank to be released from the position of Fig. 6 for a single revolution when it will again engage the stop. 'I'he roll |42 is an active surface or tread |48 projecting through an opening in the table ||8 to the plane of the paper which is gripped between the same and a spring-pressed roller |50 geared to rotate with roll |42 at the same surface speed. The tread or active surface of the roll |48 is the same length as the length of the ticket but is gapped or broken. It may be assumed that an inscribed set of tickets has been drawn out and torn olf against the ledger blade |52 formed at the righthand side of the housing for roll |50. The fold lines between successive sets of tickets are indicated by the letter f, and the tread |48 and the roll |50 are in contact firmly holding the heads of the tickets both for the purpose that they shall not be displaced when the preceding set is torn off andrto aid in positioning them during the writing operation. If now the stop |46 is released and the crank |44 turned clockwise, viewing Fig. 6, the tread |48 will feed the tickets until the gap shown in the figure in approximately four oclock position reaches twelve oclock position opposite roll |50, at which time the feeding will be intermitted. 'Ihe parts are so timed that that fold line f which in Fig. 6 appears directly beneath the table ||8 has then reached the roll |30. Consequently when the draft of the feed roll is thus intermitted, the ends of the tickets under the table Will be permitted to spring out to a tangential position relatively to the fold lines to the position of Fig. 2 or Fig. 4, jogging up and registering the portions of the webs which extend outwardly over the table and which are then free from restraint. As the rotation of the crank continues and the gap passes the twelve oclock position, the tread will again engage the tickets and give them an additional feeding movement to bring the fold line underneath the tearing off blade |52. This additional feeding movement may be very short and any disarrangement of register which might be effected therein will be negligible. On each operation of the register the sets of tickets are realigned and no cumulative error is possible.

I am aware that the invention may be embodied i in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and I therefore desire the present embodiment to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive; reference being had to the appended claim rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.

I claim:

An autographic register for dispensing for inscription thereon successive sections of webs transversely folded in zigzag along predetermined, equally spaced lines to form a pack comprising a container for the pack, a table over which a section is disposed for inscription, a guide adjacent an end ofthe table around which the webs are drawn from the pack having a curved surface of substantial radius, and means for maintaining the webs in contact therewith over an arc of such extent that a length of paper substantially equal to the tangents thereto exhibits substantial resilience comprising a guide having a similarly curved surface about which the paper is looped, the guides being so spaced that, when a section of the webs is disposed over the table for inscription, a succeeding section will extend tangentially from the lower side of the first guide to the upper side of the second guide with end portions of the section projecting beyond the lines .of tangency, which end portions are of a length are drawn by feeding traction of the Webs against 

